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Queen of Oil – Argan Oilshttps://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2017/09/22/queen-of-oil-argan-oils/
https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2017/09/22/queen-of-oil-argan-oils/#respondFri, 22 Sep 2017 19:09:00 +0000http://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/?p=1592Continue reading Queen of Oil – Argan Oils]]>​Hello everyone! So recently I was contacted by Simran Bedi, who works for Queen Of Oil, a company that produce and sell organic argon oils. They sell the argon oils in a range of different scents such as coconut, cherry and citrus. Queen Of Oil also sell argon oil lip balms too, again in a range of different scents. Anyway; Simran so kindly contacted me and asked me if I would try out their products and review them, so of course I said yes!

I received 4 organic argon oils & a lip balm. The oils I received were:

I have tried all of these products in various different ways as recommended by Simran herself.

First of all I’m just briefly going to talk about delivery. As these were sent to me I can’t really comment on the payment process, how easy the website is to use, or how long I had to wait for these items to be delivered. What I can tell you is that I received these just a few days after I was told they were sent out, but I don’t know if that is the same as when you order from the website. I assume that delivery would be fast. These products were delivered to me by Hermes, a company that have always delivered to me on time! So I’m sure delivery will be quick and simple if you do order from the website.

]]>https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2017/09/22/queen-of-oil-argan-oils/feed/0rebecca222blogNovember & December Monthly Favourites https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/november-december-monthly-favourites/
https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/november-december-monthly-favourites/#commentsThu, 12 Jan 2017 00:18:12 +0000http://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/?p=1667Continue reading November & December Monthly Favourites ]]>Before I start this blog I just thought I would mention that today is the birthday of my blog! I have had my blog for exactly a year now! I’m honestly so proud of myself for keeping up with it. I might not have blogged as much as I intended and I may slack sometimes but I have blogged for a whole year now and will continue to do so! So a big thank you to every one that follows me, comments on my posts and just supports my blogging in general. I know that I don’t have a massive following but I’m still extremely grateful for every single one of you that does follow me. Lots of love x

​Hello everyone, hope you’re all well. Sorry it’s been a while! I hope you all had an amazing Christmas, and a special New Year!
First of all, I just want to say that I had actually put together a November Favourites posts and unfortunately a few days before it was scheduled to post I accidentally deleted it, lol yay me. Therefore I have decided to do another combined Monthly Favourites most, and rewrite my November Favourites here! So anyway… Here’s what I had been loving throughout November and December.

November Favourites

1. Nip + Fab Teen Skin Breakout Rescue Pads

I really like these Nip + Fab Teen Skin Fix Breakout Rescue Pads (that’s such a mouthful). These pads make your skin feel really clean and fresh. The scent is a little bit weird, when I first smelt them I genuinely thought they smelt awful but the more I got used to the scent, the more I actually began to like it. It’s quite a strong scent and smells like cucumber. The pads are designed to get rid of oil and any dirt building up in your pores. I use one in the morning after washing my face and one in the evening after taking my makeup off. My skin definitely feels a lot cleaner and less oily since using these pads.

2. MUA Undress Your Skin Highlighter

Seriously, how pretty is the highlighter? It’s a beautiful peachy colour with shimmery silver tones running through it. It also has purple undertones which you can’t see until its actually on your face. This is quite a subtle highlighter and works well when you’re going for a natural look. This is the perfect highlighter to use if you’re looking for a lovely natural glow.

3. MUA PowerPout Acrylic Liquid Lipstick

I’ve used the PowerPout Acrylic liquid lipstick a few times now. The colour is absolutely gorgeous purple! This liquid lipstick feels light on the lips and not drying in the slightest, however; it has a constant wet feel to it which can be quite annoying if you’re eating. This liquid lipstick is also similar to a lip tint because even when the lipstick fades, the colour still remains on your lips. These liquid lipsticks are also quite cheap too!

4. NYX Liquid Suede – Vintage

Anyone that knows me, knows how much I love NYX liquid lipsticks. You only have to peep at my insta to know that. I think this liquid lipstick is beaut. This one is from the Liquid Suede collection in the shade Vintage, which is a dark maroon colour. This colour looks so gorgeous when on (although my mum doesn’t think so, she hates it) but I love it. The liquid suede lipsticks do feel a little heavier on the lips than the lip creams, but still they aren’t as drying as most liquid lipsticks. The staying power of this lipstick is quite good too and it doesn’t need to be reapplied for quite a few hours.

5. Tove Lo – Lady Wood

I stumbled across Tove Lo’s short film Fairy Dust on YouTube and couldn’t help but fall in love with every song sang in the video. It didn’t take much for me to purchase the album Lady Wood and it didn’t take long for me to fall in love with the rest of the songs on this album. My favourite songs are Cool Girl, Imaginary Friend and Don’t Talk About It. I actually struggled to pick favourite songs because this album is just full of absolute bangers.

December Favourites

1. Barry M Glitter Nail Polishes

I placed an order on Superdrug and got two Barry M nail polishes free as part of a deal. It’s fair to say that I LOVE both of these nail polishes and therefore they’ve both made it into my Monthly Favourites. Talk about best freebie ever. Both of these nail polishes are beautiful and were perfect to wear during the party season. These looked great to wear during Christmas and NYE when everyone brings out the sparkles and glitter. The copper colour is so beautiful and sparkly! The transparent glitter nail polish looks beautiful on its own or on top of another nail polish. I wore the transparent glitter one on top of a red nail polish and my nails looked SO cute and Christmassy! You need quite a few coats of both these polishes, I think I needed about 3 to prevent being able to see my nail beneath the polish, however; they don’t chip as quickly as other Barry M nail polishes do, but I think that’s because glitter is generally harder to remove.

2. Lush Magic Wand Reusable Bubble Bar

I received the Magic Wand reusable bubble bar for my birthday from my best friend. First of all, how pretty does this look? It’s a cute, pink star with specs of silver glitter. It’s definitely eye-catching. I held this under running water and my bath went a lovely pink colour and had lots of large bubbles. I absolutely loved using this throughout December and it’s become one of my favourite products from Lush. I think I used this in 5-6 baths which is a lot more than I was expecting! I didn’t think it would last very long but it does if you use it sparingly. I only like using a few bubbles so maybe that’s why it lasted so long. However; if you like lots and lots of bubbles, you may not be able to use it as many times as I did. The scent is a very sweet, cotton candy scent but it’s not too pungent. I really loved this bubble bar wand!

3. Lush Tisty Toasty Bath Bomb

The Tisty Tosty bath bomb from Lush was another favourite of mine in December. It’s a white, heart shaped bath bomb that has rose buds inside it. When the bath bomb dissolves in the water, the rose buds are left floating around the bath. It has a very floral scent and even though it’s filled with Rose buds it smells very lemony. The scent is quite a refreshing one! This is one of those bath bombs that leaves the bath water with a milky kind of texture, which makes your skin feel lovely, soft, nourished and extra clean. The only problem I have with this bath bomb is having to pick up all the soggy rose buds after you have drained the bath.

4. NYX Liquid Foundation

This NYX liquid foundation has been an absolute pleasure to wear. I honestly thought it was going to be useless because it’s literally only £6! I thought it would feel cakey and cheap but it doesn’t. It’s a buildable but easily blendable foundation which I like and it provides medium to full coverage without feeling too heavy on the skin. It also dries matte which I love and is oil free. I’ve found that when wearing this foundation I don’t get as oily and shiny as quickly throughout the day, as I have done with other foundations. This is such a budget foundation but it’s SO good! I’d definitely recommend trying it if you haven’t already. This would be a great foundation for people that have olive skin and yellow undertones. If this had pink undertones it would have been a 10/10 for me.

5. Childish Gambino – Awaken, My Love!

I was excited for the release of Childish Gambino’s new album after listening to his 2 singles, Me and Your Mama and Redbone. It’s fair to say that the album, Awaken, My Love! Did not disappoint. I don’t know what it is about this album that I love so much but the songs just give out such positive and chilled vibes. The songs I love the most from the album are Have Some Love, California and Stand Tall. I had to use one word to describe this album it would be “funky”. It’s so different to Gambino’s usual stuff but just as good nonetheless.
And that is everything I have loved during November and December! I have quite a few blogs planned for the next few months and I can’t wait to crack on with them. As always I hope you enjoyed this post. Until next time!
R-T x

After getting quite a good use out of these products I thought I would review each product for you to let you know what I thought of them.

1. Breakout Rescue Pads

There are 60 pads to use in this little tub and I usually use 2 pads a day, one in the morning after I have washed my face and 1 in the evening after I have taken my makeup off. These pads claim to wipe away pore clogging oil and any dirt.

Each pad is infused with wasabi extract that is supposed to prevent unwanted blemishes and breakouts. These pads left my skin feeling extremelly hydrated and clean, a lot cleaner than I would have thought possible. My face also felt very refreshed too and I do think that these pads are great at removing access dirt.

2. Zero Shine Moisturiser

I really love this moisturiser. It’s really thick which makes it a little bit difficult to spread, but a little bit does go a long way and you don’t need loads to cover your face. This moisturiser is the fastest drying moisturiser I’ve ever used which is so good! I hate waiting for my moisturiser to absorb into my skin, especially when I apply moisturiser before putting makeup on. This moisturiser has the same consistency as a primer and I suppose in some ways it works like a primer due to it helping the control of shininess.

3. Spot Zap

You massage this roller ball to areas of your skin that have blemishes and spots and it is supposed to help reduce spots. Im not sure if it even works as I’ve been applying it for near on three weeks now and haven’t noticed any difference. However; this roller ball is super cooling and very refreshing! When you use it it does feel like it is reacting and actually working as you get quite a tingling sensation.

The scent of these products are quite strong and have a very clean and refreshing smell. I honestly didn’t like the scent when I first smelt it and found it quite overpowering. I guess at first the scent kind of shocked me and then the more I used these products the scent of them grew on me. These products sort of smell like cucumber, or maybe something similar… (as you can tell I really can’t describe scents). Basically, its the type of scent that helps to wake you up in the morning.

I’m going to be perfectly honest with you, I’m still having the same amount of blemishes and breakouts that I did before I began using these 3 products. I was really disappointed but I can’t really complain since I won these and didn’t pay a penny for them. Although I liked all of these products, their main purpose is to rescue teen skin by preventing blemishes and breakouts and considering they didn’t do that, then I can’t really say that these products are worth buying.
I hope you all enjoyed this post and I was so lucky to win these products so a big thank you to Superdrug and Nip&Fab! Have you tried the Teen Skin Fix collection or anything else from Nip & Fab? Let me know in the comments!
R-T x

It’s that time of year when Superdrug start to bring out lots of cutesy stuff in time for Christmas. I noticed the Flutter collection in there the other day and they have range of products that would make great stocking fillers. I only picked up 3 items because these were the only ones I really fancied. I bought the body scrub, shower gel and bath fizzer. The body scrub was £2, the shower gel was £2 and the bath fizzer was £1. 3 bath/shower products for just a fiver is an absolute bargain in my opinion.

This is definitely an eye catching collection due to its gorgeous packaging. How cute and girly do these products look? They’re pink for one, and the lid of the body scrub is rose gold. Plus, the packaging have loads of cute cartoon pictures of animals on! Plus this range is cruelty free!

Flutter Shower Gel

The scent of this shower gel is absolutely gorgeous, it is such a fresh scent and smells similar to Zoella’s Tutti Fruity range, and since you can’t purchase that range anymore, I would definitely suggest this Flutter range as an alternative. The one thing I will say about this shower gel is that it doesn’t lather up very much and you do need to use quite a bit of it to get enough lather to wash with, I tend to use about 3 pumps of the shower gel. I love how this shower gel does have a pump though, it just makes it so much easier to get the product out of the bottle!Flutter Body Scrub

The scent of this body scrub is the same as the shower gel, very fresh and clean. This is definitely more of a gentle body scrub due to its honey like consistency and makes your skin feel so soft!

Flutter Bath Fizzer

The dog and the biscuit are just too cute awwwww. This bath fizzer was quite disappointing and didn’t really do much. It took a while to dissolve and didn’t add much fragrance to the bath. The bath colour also didn’t change and the fizzer just sank straight to the bottom of the bath and you couldn’t even feel it fizzing. It was only £1 but still it was a waste and I wouldn’t repurchase this bath fizzer.

These are such a lovely, adorable range of products that I would definitely recommend trying out. These would be perfect little gifts for friends and family at Christmas or even just for yourself! I hope you all enjoyed this post. Have any of you tried the Flutter collection from Superdrug?

R-T x

]]>https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/superdrug-flutter-collection/feed/4img_20161123_223150.jpgrebecca222blogSeptember/October Favourites https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/septemberoctober-favourites/
https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/septemberoctober-favourites/#commentsFri, 18 Nov 2016 14:00:15 +0000http://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/?p=1600Continue reading September/October Favourites ]]>​I decided to do a joint monthly favourites post, since throughout September and October I didn’t actually love a lot of things. I thought it would be better to combine the months in one post instead of missing them out completely and I didn’t think there would be enough to talk about had I decided to separate them!

I fell in love with the colour of this nail polish, its such a pretty pink and probably the girliest looking nail polish I own. What I liked most about this gelly nail polish was the fact it lasted about 2 days before it began to fade. This nail polish didn’t really chip, it just fades at the tips of your nails, making it easier to just reapply the polish over the top. I used two coats of this nail polish and I was left with a smooth, glossy finish. I definitely need to purchase more nail polishes from the Gelly collection.

Revolution – Eyebrow Pencil/Felt

I have fallen in love with this eyebrow product. It has a twist up pencil on the one end and an eyebrow felt on the other end. I like not having to sharpen the pencil because of the twist up mechanism. The pencil is really soft but quite pigmented and fills in your brows nicely. The felt is so good at creating an arch in your brow and achieving a straight line after the arch. Plus this only cost me £3.50!

Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

This book was such a pleasure to read. It’s a romance novel that follows Audrey, a girl living with and struggling with anxiety as a result of bullying. Audrey befriends her brother’s friend, Linus and you get to read about how their friendship progresses and how Audrey begins to step out from her comfort zone. It’s a light-hearted book with lots of funny elements!

Halsey – Badlands

I cannot explain to you how much I love this album! It’s by far one of my favourite albums to date. I thought I would listen to Halsey after hearing her sing Closer where she featured with The Chainsmokers. I listened to a few of her songs from Badlands and I was hooked and couldn’t resist purchasing this album. My favourite songs are Hold Me Down, Castle and Strange Love. This album is so chilled and there’s not one song from it that I dislike. Plus, the album cover is just stunning.

Makeup Revolution – Unicorns Unite Eyeshadow Palette

To be perfectly honest with you this palette isn’t one of my favourites, however; this palette has some of my favourites shades in and so I thought they deserved to be mentioned. There are 18 shades, 12 shimmery and 6 matte. The eyeshadows that I have been absolutely loving are the shimmery turquoise and teal green colours. They’re so pretty and paired with a red lip you can create such a festive, Christmassy look! I’m all about the festive makeup. The other eyeshadows I have been loving are the purply/pink shades. They are so shimmery & so stunning! All the eyeshadows in this palette are so pigmented and have a lovely silky feeling to them.

Barry M Lipstick – Wine Not 175

My camera made this lipstick look a lot brighter than it is but this is definitely a deep coloured red. Id say it’s a tad bit lighter than a wine colour, despite what it’s called, but quite dark nonetheless. It’s a very smooth lipstick and feels nice and light on the lips. Its staying power is quite good too and I didn’t have to reapply this as much as I thought I would. What I liked about this lipstick is that when it does start to wear off it fades quite evenly. This colour is so gorgeous, especially for winter months.

The Girl on the Train (Film)

OK well I couldn’t even describe what this film was about to my mum without giving away spoilers, so instead of giving away anything important about this film I’ve just copied this synopsis from Google…

Commuter Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt) catches daily glimpses of a seemingly perfect couple, Scott and Megan, from the window of her train. One day, Watson witnesses something shocking unfold in the backyard of the strangers’ home. Rachel tells the authorities what she thinks she saw after learning that Megan is now missing and feared dead. Unable to trust her own memory, the troubled woman begins her own investigation, while police suspect that Rachel may have crossed a dangerous line.

I thoroughly enjoyed this film from beginning to end. It was sooo interesting, tense and very gripping. Some parts had me on the edge of my seat and at one point I was crying like a baby. There’s so many twists and I couldn’t believe how much I enjoyed this film. The acting was brilliant and I was super impressed! Definitely watch this it you haven’t already.

Lady Gaga – JOANNE

October 21st Lady Gaga released this absolutely stunning album titled Joanne, named after her aunty. This album is so pure and personal to Gaga that it just makes it so special. Compared to her recent albums this one is so stripped down and emphasises how incredibly talented this woman actually is & how powerful & stunning her voice is. Even the album cover is gorgeous and who doesn’t love that signature pink cowgirl hat? My favourite songs from this album are Million Reasons, A-Yo, John Wayne and Joanne.

And that is it for my September/October Favourites. I hope you don’t mind this combined monthly favourites post but had I done them separate they would have been quite short! Have you liked anything that I have included? If so let me know in the comments! Thank you for reading.
R-T x

]]>https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/septemberoctober-favourites/feed/2collage-2016-11-18-15_26_38.jpg.jpegrebecca222blogThe Body Shop – Fresh Nude Foundationhttps://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/the-body-shop-fresh-nude-foundation/
https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/the-body-shop-fresh-nude-foundation/#commentsMon, 26 Sep 2016 17:49:14 +0000http://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/?p=1587Continue reading The Body Shop – Fresh Nude Foundation]]>I came across this foundation when I was on the hunt for a new foundation that was cruelty free. Until I discovered this foundation my favourite had been the LO’real True Match Foundation, this was because it was the only foundation that closely resembled my skin tone. I then made the decision to only purchase makeup that was cruelty free and as we all probably know LO’real are not a cruelty free brand.

So this foundation is obviously cruelty free, which is great but that doesn’t necessarily mean its good. This foundation isn’t good… It is amazing. I’ve probably mentioned in numerous blog posts that I have ridiculously pale skin and 9/10 times the lightest foundation that a makeup brand has is usually too dark for me. I got this foundation in the shade Chelsea Porcelain which matches my skin tone perfectly.

I paid £15 for this foundation which I thought was a little bit pricey for a 30ml drugstore foundation. However; this foundation is clearly pricey for a reason because I love it and will continue to purchase it. Even though this is only 30ml, the foundation spreads out quite easily and just a little bit goes a long way. I can cover most of my face by only applying a small amount of product.

It is definitely a natural looking foundation that gives such a healthy glow to my face and provides a flawless, semi-matte finish. It does only have a light coverage and because of that it isn’t particularly good at covering spots. However; this foundation is very buildable and you can apply more layers for more coverage without looking cakey. This foundation feels so light on the skin and doesn’t leave me feeling cakey or like I have a thick layer of foundation on.

This foundation doesn’t claim to be long lasting but I found that one of this foundation’s qualities is that it lasts for hours without looking gross. I will say however; this can make you look very shiny if you suffer with oily skin, this is a big issue for myself. This is a dewy foundation which is why it provides your face with a healthy glow, but is also why it can make you look shiny after a few hours. This is a very hydrating and moisturising foundation which is great because it stops my face from feeling dry after I have taken it off. One thing I will say about this foundation is that it has a lovely scent to it, but I think it is a bit too perfumed which can be quite overpowering when you are applying your makeup.

Overall I do genuinely love this foundation and I highly recommend it. I’m looking forward to trying more products from The Body Shop and I hope they are as good as this foundation was for me. Have you tried any makeup products from The Body Shop? Do you have any of The Body Shop recommendations for me? I’d love to know! Thank you for reading.
R-T x

]]>https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/the-body-shop-fresh-nude-foundation/feed/2020160922_200737.jpgrebecca222blogAugust Favourites https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/august-favourites/
https://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/august-favourites/#commentsWed, 21 Sep 2016 16:45:00 +0000http://rebecca222blog.wordpress.com/?p=1567Continue reading August Favourites ]]>OK, I am aware this is a little late… but better late than never? Am I right?

It’s fair to say I had quite a lot of favourites last month, so much so that I had to narrow them down to create a reasonably lengthened post. I loved a few makeup products and even a Netflix Original TV series, a film and an album.

So what were my August Favourites?

Makeup Revolution – Iconic 3 Eyeshadow Palette

The Body Shop – Fresh Nude Foundation

NYX – Liquid Suede Lipstick

Zoella – Blissful Mistful Body Mist

Superdrug – Coconut Water Shampoo & Conditioner

Stranger Things

Suicide Squad

ThePretty Reckless – Going to Hell

1. Makeup Revolution Iconic 3 Eyeshadow Palette

Do I even need to say anything about this palette? I mean c’mon just one look at it is enough to make you want to buy it. This palette is absolutely gorgeous! (Oh, and always out of stock). I wore these eyeshadows non stop throughout August and has carried on into September. It’s pretty much the only palette I’ve been reaching for because it just consists of autumnal colours.

It has a beautiful range of light and dark eyeshadows making this an every day eyeshadow palette and even a night time palette. There are pearl, shimmer and matte shades making this palette perfect. Whether you’re just going for a natural look for school/college/work or even a night out, there are shades that will suit any occasion. The eyeshadows have a chalky feel to them and the eyeshadows are all extremely pigmented and buildable. This palette is only £4 which is an absolute bargain for such a good quality palette.

2. The Body Shop – Fresh Nude Foundation

I got this foundation in the lightest shade The Body Shop sold which is Chelsea Porcelainand HALLELUJAH! I have found a foundation that actually matches the colour of my painfully pale skin tone! (And breathe). This foundation is absolutely stunning and gives you such a fresh and natural look. When I wear this foundation it actually makes my skin look healthy. This is a dewy foundation with a semi-matte finish. This foundation gives such a flawless finish even though it’s only a light coverage foundation. It also has SPF 15 and is actually quite moisturising. The thing I love the most about this foundation (other than the shade) is the fact it is super light on the skin!

3. NYX – Liquid Suede Lipstick

Yes I know… its grey. But I like it! I had been eyeing up this liquid lipstick for too long and I finally plucked up the courage to buy it and wear it. I’m so glad that I did because surprisingly i recieved quite a few compliments for wearing this lipstick! #BeBoldBeBrave. Is that even a quote? It is now. Anyway, I have only worn this once because let’s be honest this isn’t the type of colour that goes with everything, but even so it was one of my favourite products during August. This liquid lipstick certainly isn’t as drying as others and it actually feels really light on the lips! And as for the colour, I really do love it.

4. Zoella – Blissful Mistful Body Mist

This smells gorgeous! I wear this pretty much every day. It is actually strongly scented which is surprising as it is a body mist and not a perfume and it honestly lasts all day. It’s such a fresh and clean scent and probably my favourite body mist. Plus, the packaging is beautiful. The rose gold polka dots and the pink Zoella writing just look so cute.

5. Superdrug – Coconut Water Shampoo and Conditioner

I recieved these little shampoo and conditioner samples for free from Superdrug and I really like them. They left my hair feeling really soft and hydrated. You also don’t need to use much either because the shampoo and conditioner foam up quite a bit. And of course they smell of coconut, leaving your hair smell lovely all day.

6. Stranger Things

At this point if you haven’t heard of Stranger Things you really need to consider crawling out from beneath your rock. Stranger Things is a sci-fi/ horror set in the 80’s (cue awesome music). Stranger Things reminded me a lot of the work of Steven King.

To briefly explain, it is about a 12 year old boy named Will that goes missing and his mother that doesn’t give up searching for him, even if she makes herself seem crazy.

I liked this show so much I’ve actually began rewatching it. It’s absolutely brilliant and full of horror, adventure, sci-fi, friendship and much more. Plus i’m just in love with Eleven, the little girl that kills grown men with her mind and still manages to be absolutely adorable. And let’s not forget, one of the stars of this show is Winona Ryder! Who doesn’t love Winona!?!? But to be honest all of the actors in this show are amazing. I could literally bang on about this show all day, but I won’t.

If you haven’t already watched Stranger Things, just watch it, OK?

7. Suicide Squad

I had been looking forward to this film for quite a long time and when it came out it had a lot of criticism. Of course I was sceptical as to whether I would enjoy this film after the constant bad criticism I had read. I genuinely loved Suicide Squad and I didnt see any fault with the movie. It was full of action from start to finish. Of course Harley Quinn and the Joker stood out amongst other characters but i genuinely thought that all the characters were amazing. Will Smith’s performance in particular was a favourite of mine and he made Deadshot such an intriguing character. I really enjoyed watching all of the characters background stories too. Suicide Squad is visually amazing!

A lot of complaints about this film were to do with the fact that the Joker isn’t on screen as much as people would have liked, and whilst I understand this critique, I personally thought it made the film a lot more exciting. After all this was a film about the suicide squad, and not just the Joker. This was one of my favourite films of the year and not only that I have fallen in love with the Suicide Squad soundtrack!

8. The Pretty Reckless – Going to Hell

I had this album on repeat throughout August! I’ve never really listened to The Pretty Reckless before but then I stumbled across a few of their songs on YouTube that are from this album. My favourite songs from this album are Going to Hell, Absolution and Why’d You Bring a Shotgun to the Party. Love love love it.

And that is it for my August Favourites. I’m aware this has been quite a lengthy post, which is why I postponed doing it for a while oops. But it’s here now and I hope you enjoyed it! Well done if you read this far. Until next time.
R-T x

This palette was sent from the heavens above. I mean look at it! It has so much to offer and such a variety. It’s absolutely gorgeous! I seriously couldn’t wait to own this palette because the colours are absolutely gorgeous! This post was a long time coming but I want to get a really good use out of it before I put my review together, and believe me I have been so excited to write about this palette.

Considering this is called a “blush” palette I’m not really sure why since the palette consists of highlighters, blushers and bronzers. I have used every shade in this palette but I have 3 favourites.

My favourites are the silver highlight with gold running through it (Top row, first shade) the shimmery pink blusher with gold highlight (Top row, second shade from the left) and the plain bronzer (Bottom row, fourth from the left). These shades are absolutely stunning!

I seriously love using the silver highlight as it creates such a gorgeous glow and I honestly feel like a star because it makes me shine so much, although, I probably do wear too much highlight… Wait no, what am I saying? You can neverwear “too much highlight” and don’t let anyone tell you different! Mum, this is directed at you. Everyone should just highlight until your hearts content! Okay, where was I? Yeah, I really love the silver highlight.

Anyway, I’m also a huge fan of the shimmery pink blush that has a golden highlight running through it. The light pink is absolutely stunning and really adds that pretty pink pop of colour to my cheeks. I really love wearing this blush during the summer months. It’s not too brightly coloured and for my awfully pale skin it really does add the right flush of pink, making my skin look glowy, girly and healthy.

The bronzer that I like so much is a medium toned brown which I mostly like to wear when I have a tan, although it’s never a natural tan. I wouldn’t particularly like to wear this bronzer otherwise as it is a little dark. During the summer months this bronzer is perfect! I apply it around the top of my forehead, below my hairline and then blend it across my whole forehead making sure it gets lighter as it makes its way down my forehead. I apply it down my nose and a little bit on my chin (where the sun usually catches my face) and I also apply it on my temples and down onto my cheekbones. This bronzer really adds shape and definition to my face and making my not so prominent check bones look somewhat defined. I like to use this plain bronzer because the other bronzed shades are also highlighters so I like to keep my bronzer quite plain.

That’s it for my favourite shades in this palette. I tend to avoid using the bronzed highlighters because I like to use a bronzer on the majority of my face which unfortunately, includes places on my face that I don’t particularly like to highlight, i.e forehead, cheekbones and chin. Therefore two shades in this palette do go untouched. The two shades I don’t use are the two middle shades on the bottom row. I don’t dislike these two shades, in fact they are absolutely beautiful. It’s just my own personal reasons that I don’t use them.

The only shades left that I haven’t spoke about is the light, bronzed highlight with silver running through it (Bottom row, first shade), the pink blusher with purple and bronze tones running through it (Top row, third from the left) and the light, shimmery bronzer (Top row, fourth from the left). I do use these three shades, just not regularly.

The bronzed highlight is quite light and a lot more subtle compared to the silvery highlight. I tend to wear this one when I’m going for a more natural look and when I don’t feel like being seen from miles away. It is really lovely and gives your face a decent amount of highlight. It’s the perfect highlight to use if you’ve never used a highlighter before and you find the thought of using one a bit daunting.

The pinky/purple toned blusher could have possibly been a favourite, it’s just its not often that I fancy having any purple tones on my cheeks, but when I do fancy this blusher I absolutely love it. It’s just not particularly the type of blusher that I wear on a daily bases, unlike the one to left of it. I do really like the mixture of silver, gold, bronze and purple in this one, the mixture of colours make this blusher a fun one to wear and it really is beautiful.

It’s fair to say I absolutely adore this palette and I highly recommend it! Revolution Makeup never disappoint. I hope you enjoyed this post, have any of you tried this palette? Until next time…
R-T x

I’m pretty sure we start every monthly favourites post with “Omg! Where did this month go?!” But seriously, I feel like I blinked and we just jumped from June to August. I actually can’t believe how quickly July started and ended. I didn’t even have chance to try any new makeup products. But that’s okay, I was still able to put this post together regardless!So, what did I love during July?

1. Zoella – Bath Latte – Bath & Shower Milk

The Zoella Bath Latte has probably been my go to bath product during July. This bath milk smells incredibly sweet but not the type that is overpowering. The scent however does fill the room and leaves the bath room filled with this creamy, rich, indulgent scent of macaroons and almond. It is seriously perfect. There’s no need to light any scented candles when you pour this into the bath because the scent is so lovely and strong on it’s own. I will almost certainly be repurchasing this when it runs out. It also creates fairly decent sized bubbles too, and bubbles that don’t just dissolve in a few minutes. Plus, the packaging is gorgeous and this bottle just looks so pretty and chic when sat in the bathroom cabinet. In fairness, the packaging of the whole range is beautifully elegant and chic.

2. White, Wooden Jewellery Box

The next item I have been loving in July is this beautiful, white wooden jewellery box that my nan gave to me. It has a lid on top that you pull up which reveals a mirror and 5 compartments that can hold small jewellery. It also has a draw on the bottom of the box with a little, gold draw knob. I really love how plain and simple this jewellery box is and I have actually wanted one like this for a while now. It looks super cute, chic and has a vintage feel to it, I love it!

3. Zoella – Scrubbing Me Softly – Body Scrub

Oh look, another Zoella product has made it into my July Favourites! Okay so to be honest I was never interested in trying Zoella’s Tutti Fruity range and I only picked this up because it was reduced to £5. The reason this product was reduced is because they are no longer going to be selling the Tutti Fruity range. I didn’t think that I would like anything from this range because I’m not a fan of fruity scents. I deeply regret that now. This range doesn’t smell fruity at all! Instead it smells very fresh, clean and perfumed and I really like it. This scrub is amazing and my skin feels 100 times better after using it. My skin is now really soft and smooth and this body scrub has been a god send. Especially during summer since I love to give my body a good scrub before I apply fake tan. The scent is gorgeous and the product itself is really good and not too harsh on the skin. I’m seriously so disappointed that these will not be restocked anymore.

4. Miss Sporty – Grey Nail Varnish

I used to love wearing bright colours on my nails, but recently I’ve been reaching for a more plain nail colour. This grey nail varnish that I got from Miss Sporty has been my favourite. It’s a lovely grey colour and although it’s really plain and basic it looks really nice on and has matched almost every outfit I have worn recently, I tend to wear lots of greys and blacks. Plus, these are cheap to pick up and mine didn’t actually chip for about 3 days, so that was also a nice pro.

5. Tesco – Cleanser & Eye Makeup Remover

This is just Tesco’s own cleanser and to be honest I don’t really have much to say about this cleanser other than the fact it removes makeup really well! It is really cheap and makes my skin feel lovely and smooth. It is also fragrance free and cruelty free!

6. YouTuber – Gabriella

You’ll rarely ever see me talk about new YouTubers that I have discovered or loved, and that’s only because I never really branch out and watch other YouTubers. That being said, I seen a few of Gabriella’s tweets being retweeted on to my twitter feed and I thought she was quite funny and straight up my street. That’s when I decided to give her videos a go. I am now extremely happy that I did. I seriously love her videos!! She’s really funny and her personality just shines in her videos. She doesn’t seem at all false either and I feel like her videos are genuinely true and honest and what you see is what you get with her. She doesn’t try to be anyone that she’s not and I really admire her for it. She covers loads of things that I am interested in watching such as Makeup Hauls, Clothes Hauls, Makeup Tutorials, y’know, your standard videos but I really enjoy watching them. I even tweeted her saying how I’ve become a huge fan of her videos and she actually liked my tweet! And yes, I fangirled like hell.

I hope you all enjoyed this post, apologies for it being a little late but at least I uploaded it in the right month! Thank you reading!

Zoella’s Sweet Inspirations collection was the one I have been the most excited for. The scent from the original collection is a standard perfume scent, and although it’s really nice it’s not particularly my cup of tea. The Tuity Fruity range was obviously fruit scented and I have never been personally a fan of fruit scents. But low and behold Zoella brought out the Sweet Inspirations collection that just screamed out my name!

I love sweet scents such as almond, honey, vanilla, marshmallow (you can see where I’m going with this) and so when Zoey announced that the Sweet Inspirations collection was going to be macaroon scented I just couldn’t wait to get my hands on it!

I only purchased the products that I knew I really wanted and would enjoy using the most. I ordered the Bath Latte shower and bath milk, the Le Fizz bar and the Sugar Dip bath salts. The packaging of these products are ridiculously pretty and straight up my street. Pastel pinks and blues, purple writing, cute swirly patterns and rose gold lids and linings. Perfect! The packaging really is eye catching yet super cute and girly.

I considered buying the Sweet Inspirations Fragranced Body Mist but I tested in it Superdrug and honestly the smell wore off in about 5 minutes. I couldn’t smell it all day and neither could anyone else which was a turn off for me. There’s not really any point in buying a body mist that you can’t even smell. This was a real shame since the body mist from Zoey’s original collection is strong scented and can actually be smelt all day!

I also want to add that these products are cruelty free! It even says “not tested on animals” on the back of each product, which of course is amazing.

Bath Latte – Bath & Shower Milk

The Bath Latte is what I was most excited to try from the Sweet Inspirations collection. I knew I would love the scent considering it is enriched with almond, cacao and honey, and let me tell you, the scent did not disappoint! It was such a lovely, sweet scent that wasn’t too over powering either. The scent still filled the room and left my my skin smelling amazing! You can definitely smell the almond in this!

Another thing that lured me to purchase this product was the fact it was a bath and shower milk. I expected the bath water to feel really creamy but that didn’t really happen. I also thought the honey in this bath and shower milk would leave my skin feeling super creamy and soft. It did make my skin feels soft but not as soft as I would expect for something that is considered a milk and contain honey in it. There wasn’t really any milky texture to the bath water. The bubbles this Bath Latte creates are relatively big and do last a while, I really hate bubbles that dissolve after just a few minutes, is dissolve even the right word to use?

Sugar Dip – Bath Salts

Okay so onto the bath salts. First of all, since these bath salts smell the same as the bath latte they are pretty pointless to use with the bath latte. However, if you want a bath without bubbles this is where these bath salts would come in handy. These are super strong in scent and when poured into the bath the scent does fill the room. The scent is so sweet and quite sickly. It’s a very soothing and relaxing scent. I do love these bath salts but I will only use these on their own, because like I said when paired with the bath latte they were pretty pointless because you already get the scent from the bath latte. The packaging of this product is my favourite out of the whole collection. The colours are beautiful and I feel like the packaging could actually come in use! I thought the cone was to pretty to throw away so i’ve used it to keep my rings in, and it actually looks really cute on my dressing table. Le Fizz – Fragranced Bath Fizzer

The bath fizzer is also macaroon scented like the other products I have spoke about, so I don’t need to say anything more about the scent. With this you pop a few pieces of the fizz bar into your bath, and guess what happens? It fizzes! I bet you wasn’t expecting that… And that’s pretty much it for the fizz bar.

The packaging recommends popping 4 pieces of the fizz bar ino the bath but I personally think 3 is enough. I probably wouldn’t repurchase this because the fizz bar pieces only fizz for about 5 minutes. I mean, I wasn’t expecting them to fizz for any longer, but when the whole point of a fizz bar is to make the water fizz and give a relaxing feel, a product that only does its job for 5 minutes maximum is a little bit pointless.
I must add, the writing on the back states “THIS IS NOT A FOOD, DO NOT EAT” and I can’t believe this had to be included, however; I am sure there is someone out there who would have attempted to at least taste this fizz bar since it does smell edible. None-the-less, it still tickled me.

As always, I hope you enjoyed this post. I really liked putting this one together. Have any of you tried anything from Zoella’s Sweet Inspirations collection? What did you all think of the macaroon scent? Let me know in the comments. Thank you for reading.
R-T x